Monday, December 3, 2007

In case you haven't noticed, guitar players have a special place here in Fluvile. James Burton holds an esteemed distinction among guitarists. Not only is he the quintessential sideman, but he has played with both Elvis'.

Hum Susie-Q for a bit.

It's the riff you're humming, right? James Burton wrote that. He was already a veteran of the Louisiana Hayride when he recorded it with Dale Hawkins at the ripe age of 15, before migrating to Bob Luman's band and then being snatched up by Ricky Nelson who was recording next door. Burton then went on to play on hundreds of records, mostly uncredited. We'll get to those in another post.

Great post--The Dale Hawkins is always bittersweet whenever I hear it--My dad used to sing that a long time ago--pre CCR, it was always weird to hear parents singing pop songs--absentmindedly at times. I once came up behind my mother who was vacuuming and singing "I am a rock" weird.